Elche 2-2 Espanyol: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 23 October 2021
Result
Elche 2-2 Espanyol
La Liga · Saturday 23 October 2021, 16:30 UTC · half-time 1-0
Elche 2-2 Espanyol: match report
Elche drew with Espanyol 2-2 in La Liga on Saturday 23 October 2021. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Lucas Boyé opened the scoring in the 23rd minute. Elche's goals came from Lucas Boyé (23') and Darío Benedetto (84'). Espanyol scored through Manu Morlanes (51') and Raúl de Tomás (52').
Discipline: Elche received 3 yellow cards; Espanyol received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Elche were 14th on 9 points from 9 and Espanyol 11th on 12 points from 9. Elche went on to finish that season 13th with 42 points, and Espanyol 14th with 42.
Elche lined up in a 4-2-2-2 and Espanyol in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Raúl de Tomás of Espanyol (8.4), ahead of Darío Benedetto (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Elche win, 2 draws and 1 for Espanyol.
Going into the match Elche's last five read L-W-L-L-D and Espanyol's W-W-L-W-D.
Key events
- 23'Goal · Lucas Boyé
- 34'Yellow card · Gonzalo Verdú
- 51'Goal · Manu Morlanes
- 52'Goal · Raúl de Tomás
- 74'Yellow card · Diego López
- 84'Goal · Darío Benedetto
- 86'Yellow card · Helibelton Palacios
- 90+4'Yellow card · Pedro Bigas
Head-to-head
Team news
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Elche line-up (4-2-2-2)
Kiko Casilla, Antonio Barragán, Gonzalo Verdú, Pedro Bigas, Johan Mojica, Raúl Guti, Omar Mascarell, Fidel, Javier Pastore, Lucas Pérez, Lucas Boyé
Espanyol line-up (4-2-3-1)
Diego López, Óscar Gil, Sergi Gómez Solà, Leandro Cabrera, Adrià Pedrosa, David López, Sergi Darder, Adrián Embarba, Óscar Melendo, Wu Lei, Raúl de Tomás